The wife yells when he pisses on theirs.
LeftieBiker said:The wife yells when he pisses on theirs.
DougWantsALeaf said:If the Leaf had a 300 mile range vs. 200, thermal mgmt wouldn't matter in the midwest as 1 full re-harge would go beyond what I would want to drive in a day anyway.
DougWantsALeaf said:Ok, I will put my last trip from Chicago to Kansas and back in the S+. ...
SageBrush said:DaveinOlyWA said:The over heating is only an issue on long drives and the plus requires it to be a VERY long drive.
Only an issue *for you, given your expectations.*
Drive 400 miles a day at 75 mph. How much time do you spend charging ?
Now tell us day #2 with the same driving, without overnight charging.
In the summer
And of course this all presumes that the DC charging is located where you want it, is available, and is reliable. Which in the case of CHAdeMO is a *huge* ymmv
Gerry likes to tout how well the LEAF works for him, but he rarely mentions his other ICE vehicles for trips outside of commuting duties. That said, I was pretty darned sure that the higher capacity LEAFs would have even worse heat related battery degradation than the 2013 - 2017 LEAFs and I'm happy to say that I was wrong. So wrong, in fact, that I would consider buying a 40 or 62 kWh CCS LEAF for 'extended commuting duties'. That is saying something, considering my extremely negative opinion of Nissan corporate and its dealerships.
DougWantsALeaf said:Dave it was literally a stop and restart within 1 minutes, and it stayed at 30 for an extended period (25-30 min) before starting to ramp down a little. It definitely helped. On the way out..it would have helped in that I would have avoided the low voltage heating I saw on ensuing stops.
DaveinOlyWA said:I tried this a few times (battery not quite that hot) and found the curve is nearly continuous minus the little up bump.
DaveinOlyWA said:So this is your way of saying
DougWantsALeaf said:I think with the efficient rims, 400-450 miles in a day is very doable in summer.
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